Written by

Laura Ungar
| (Louisville) Courier-Journal

After suffering with skin problems most of her young life, Jewel Harmon saw a pediatric dermatology expert from Louisville on Wednesday - without ever leaving her hometown of Morehead, Ky., about 140 miles away.

The 5-year-old visited the doctor through "telemedicine," using video-conferencing that links patients and physicians from distant locations.

"It is wonderful," said Jewel's mother, Jessica Noble, 29. "It's hard for me to get around. And I can't drive all the way to Louisville; I don't have reliable transportation to drive that far." ...